title: Response of health systems to urbanization in developing countries.
abstract: Equity in access to health care is now accepted as a basic ethical principle for health development. The glaring inequalities in health suffered by poor people living in slums are a strong justification for urgent action. The problem is rapidly increasing.
authors.affiliation: Urban Health Initiative, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tabibzadeh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Liisberg
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014507:Urbanization